Jasig/uPortal — pull request #461 by apetro (2014-11-11 14:53:56+00:00)
Title: UP-4148 Update CONTRIBUTING.md

See [UP-4148](https://issues.jasig.org/browse/UP-4148). This is a retry of PR #347 dropping a change to the recommended branch naming convention.

Updates `CONTRIBUTING.md` to

* Emphasize the necessity of the Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA).
* Suggest communicating about proposed changes via `uportal-dev@` and `uportal-user@`.
* Request that code consider style conventions and uPortal architecture.
* Suggest sharing and collaborating in a public feature branch in advance of pull request.
* Standardize on "JIRA" vs "Jira".
* Fix "inclusing" and "commiting" typos.
* Remove extraneous within-paragraph newlines. Add newlines after section headings.

The change to a branch naming convention that would supplement the bare issue identifier in the name with a hint about what the branch is about (`UP-4148-contributing` vs `UP-4148`) is dropped because there had been [concern that long branch names might be annoying](https://github.com/Jasig/uPortal/pull/347#issuecomment-46590047).